Measuring apparatus



Dec. 7 1926.

A c. F. HUSSEY MEASURING APPARATUS Original Filed Au ust lz. 1922 2 Shets-Sheet 1 Eil@@EV A 4 V INVENTOR ATTORNEY;

Dec. 7 1926. I 1,609,548

c. F. HUSSEY MEASURING APPARATUS Original Filed August 12 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORN E Y5.

Patent-ed Dec. 7, 1926.

mem: I

GHARUEY' HUSSEE; 0E MII1WAUKEE WISGON SIN;

MEA em e mmnmes Application filedAu'g'u'st 12; 1922, 'sermiwo. 581,346. Renewed odtobemsjiee.

This invention relates to 'measunng ap paratus-end 'is particularly d-i'reeted t o such an" apparatus adapted to be applied to-"a machine, to inee'sui'e the output" of i such 1n21' chine; v 7

This invention: is an improvement overmy' former inventioni disclosed 'in-.U,nited' States liett'els Patent N6. 1,592,569; for measuring ap' aafmt-us gissued Jan-1y 22;19241 Objects of this-invention are to" provide a measuring, apparatus which mety be coupledi opei'atiizely- Witha machine" of any,- de sired speed'of production; which is adapted" to automatically register: the extent of preduct-ionj which is ad'aptecPto auton'iatically' control the machine after it predetermined extent of" production hits occurred and? has been registered; and which is adapted tohe applied: tof standard machines in: a simple and efficacious manner.

Further objects ere toxprovide afmea'sur in apparatus whichjis, particularly" 'adagted for Winding machines t measurezntheq m mec'hamsm of the counter and'tlie' lengeh f yai'n' passing oversuch a paratus; which is adaptedto cooperate with the p ass= ing yzil n Without necessitetingfieleb'oi'ate con:-- necti'ons with the mechanism, oi the; m. chine; an'dnvhijch will register; the-amount of yznn passed; on wound by the "mztchine and will stop themachine a-fte'r'apiedeter mined: amount has been registeredi Further objects areto. provide a* measur ing apparatus inuvhich .the setting ofthe apparatus to function at a predetermined point may be more readily made; in whiclil a direct, ready, and quick, reading of the" indicating scale may belied; in which the initial setting may be made Withouttlie use of a special'or outside tool; in Whichythej correct meshing of the: gears, during reset ting, is assured .andin which the app arz'ttus is complete in itself, both for setting51resetting;- and functioning;

Further objects are to provide meansIfor' coupling the measuring apparatus with one;

of the"controlsr of'the 1n2iin"macliin'e wh-ieh will stop themach-ine when a predetermined amount. has been 1 registered; whichfwilllal lowfthe restarting of the machine; after the measuring apparatus hasfbeenfreset; which may cooperate, or he equipped,=withflanylde sired system. ofalarmsg; and to pnovide means for rapidly resetting the inachlneto v permit. repeated. functioning; at predetermi'ned' recorded amounts, or which may be F or tliepurpose of illustration, the ma chine has been shovimi as p aiticiilirly adept ed" for cooperation with Winding madhihesr-eo Anembodimentofthe inventionkisshown 1 in the accompanying drawings; in whi ehz Fig. 1 is" asi'de elevatiomof the device". Witli'a part offtlieeo'nnter mechenismb1*okeniawe- Fign is an edge View of the movably mounted cam 'illus't'lating: the mammal lock mguneans. v V

Fig: 5' is a; view corresponding to Fi 1" upona" reduced" scale-and shoWinQtlie-d vicfet' associated with winding; machine;

Fig. 6 is an edgejview ofthest'1*uctnre 7 shown] in 2 Showing the pert-s in a slightly varied relztivepo'sition. I 7

Fig. is aifiagmentaly View showing the biiysed operating WlieelE V v Fig; 8 is a View ofthe structure shownin Figi Ttalie'n" at right angles to Rig; "7,;the I opereting' Wheel for the counter" Being omitted: o

The device comprises friimework 1 which is secured to any suitable'support2iattached to the Winding machine 3. Upon this fi'em'e-' Work" 1', counter mechanism indicated gener ally; at 4: is pivotally 'mounted at '5 jand spring pressed upjwa dly' by means of the helical spfing= 6. It? is normallyretain ed against upward nioti'olf'by" means" of the" A grooved driving "wheel Sis' rigidly mounted up on;a"shaftf'9 evolubly cqetrfiekit within a ortion of'the' ftamework lp This; driving" Wheel transmits motion to the "op;- erating Worm WheellO of the "counter mech- I 'anis'm 4-by means of'reduction gears 11 and 12end;the Wonn-Whe'el'13'; The operatingglod Wheel 10 of the counter 'n'lechanisln is "ri idlymountectu on a; transverse shaftl' il-whioh j cari ies" adjacent its: outer end a 'wor'm liii V The diel Wheel is] e eomp'osite Wheel made ii iofztfc lie'l disk'lti; provided with 'a-iseii'sw' of peripheraliteeth and a wer'm Wlieel'lS'f- 18. is ri 'ydlj-l mounted, upon" "ell-shztfti. 17" mounted "a portion A offthe; fremeworliu; V andmeshes with the I Woinf 1'5 ufidei nor'inal. 10

conditions when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1.

The framework 1 has a portion 19 forming a socket or bearing for the outer end of the shaft lei, and is provided with an extension 20 projecting outwardly therefrom. A plate 21, of wear resisting material, is mounted upon this extension 20 and cooperates with the latch mechanism.

The latch mechanism 7 comprises, in the main, a lever rigidly secured to a shaft 22 pivotally mounted in an extension of the framework 1. This lever tends to rock in a clockwisedirection, being ur 'ed by a spring 23 seated within a recess in the framework 1. Its upper end is provided with a movable plunger 21- provided with an upper beveled face and spring pressed outwardly by means of the socketed spring The bottom face of this plunger is fiat and contacts with the upper surface of the plate 21 to 'etain the worm 15 and worm wheel 18, and the worm 13 and worm wheel 10, in oper ative connection. The lower portion of the latch mechanism is provided with a plate 26 of wear resisting material. The latch mechanism is held in the position shown in Fig. 1, under certain conditions, by means of an arm 27 pivotally mounted upon the shaft 17 and urged into the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a spring 28 secured to the hub of such lever at one end and to the framework 1 at its other end. This arm 27 is prevented from moving beyond the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a stop 29 carried by the hub 30 of such trip arm and a pin 31 secured to the framework 1, as may be seen from Fig. 2.

A movable trip lever or finger member 32 is associated with the dial wheel and is provided with an outwardly extending projection 38 adapted to cooperate with an inwardly extending projection 34: formed upon the trip or arm, 27. The portion, 33 of this lever or finger member is relatively thin, as may be seen from (l, and is adapted to pass behind the inwardly projecting portion 34 of the arm 27 so as to allow the finger member to be moved to its extreme position of adjustment. This finger member is adapted to be locked to the dial wheel in any desired position by means of a dog 35 provided with teeth 36 adapted to cooperate with the teeth 37 formed upon the periphery of the dial disk 16, This dog is rigidly mounted upon a short transverse shaft 38 which, in turn, is pivotally mounted within the lever or finger member and is provided with an angularly entendim; operating lever 39. The lever is retained in either its inward or outward position by means of a spring pressed plunger 10 mounted within a portion of the lever or finger member as may be seen from Figs. 2 and a. This retaining operation is facilitated by forming the outer end of the plunger 10 of convex contour, and by forming the inner side of the arm 39 of concave contour.

From the description thus far given, it will be seen that when the projection 33 of the lever or finger member strikes the projection 34 of the arm 27, such arm will be moved upwardly, thereby disengaging the latch mechanisn'i and allowing it to move to the position shown in Fig. 5the counter mechanism correspondingly rocking upwardly into the position shown in such figure. It will be seen that when the parts are in this position the operative connection be tween the counter and the driving wheel, and between the driving wheel and the dial wheel is interrupted. Means are also pro' vided for stopping the operation of the winding machine when the latch mechanism operates. This means comprises a lever 41 rigidly secured to the shaft 22 and connected with the control mechanism of the winding machine, as for example, by means of the rod 42 which latter forn'is a portion of such control mechanism.

The winding machine has not been illus trated in detail as such machine is of well known construction. A. convenient way of arranging the yarn is to pass it upwardly, as indicated at 4:3, around the driving wheel 8, downwardly, as indicated at 44-, beneath a portion of the control mechanism (not shown), and upwardly as indicated at 45 to the winding drum, or bobbin, 46 of the winding machine.

In order to facilitate the resetting of the dial wheel at its initial point, and also the resetting of the trip mechanism or latch mechanism, a cam 47 is rigidly secured to the dial wheel, as may be clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 6. This cam is provided with a beveled face 18 adapted to contact with the plate 26 of the catch mechanism, and with a recess 49 adapted to providea seat for the plates 26 when the dial wheel is at its initial position. It is, therefore, seen that when the dial wheel is reset, for example, by means of the manual means 50 (see Figs. 3 and the cam 47 will automatically move the latch mechanism into the position shown in Fig. 1, and the arm 27 will move downwardly to retain the latch mechanism in this position. It will also be seen that when the plate 26 seats within the recess 49, the dial wheel will be held temporarily at its initial position. The manually operable means 50 may comprise a pin passed through the shaft 17, such shaft being conveniently extended so as to position the manually operable means in a convenient place, allowing ready and unhindered access thereto.

in order to provide for the resetting of the worm wheel 10 at its initial position, suchwhccl biased conveniently by means no I Lemma.

of a -sol-idportion '1 formed-integrally with.

such wheehthe solid portions tending to move downwardly. to the lowest position. Ratchet mechanisnris. provided within the counter 4, for stopping theworm wheel in its initialgpositi on-when such wheel is released from. operative engagement with the worm 13.:- Tllhis ratchet mechanism may conven ientlycomprise a small spurwheel 52 forms.

inga portion of the countermechanism and: providedwith alternately long and short teeth, indicated, respectiyely, by reference characters. 53- and 5% see Figs. 7' and 8.

disk; is rigidly mounted upon the: shaft.

1 4, and isprovided with a recess 56' adaptedto cooperate with one of the long. teeth 58 andg allowsuchwheel; tot urn a distance correspondi gcto the'pitchof thegteeth when. such wheel is moved bymeans of an; arm57' secured upon such disk, and haying, a down,

wardl-yprojecting; portion; cooperating with the; teeth. However, when-the worm wheeli- 10 rocksbaekwardly, in an opposite. direction from that indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 7,

the a rm 57'willgstrikeone-pf the teeth and.

rock one of the long teeth. 53..into-contact with. the iface of the dislr55, tl1ereby=pre- Ventingturther. backward; motion-and arresting the worn1.,wheel--1O- at its initial; positionli The operation. of the deviceis as. follows;

The movable lever or, fingenmember 32 is.

set h meansof-the'manuall ooerated do l v 35 at:.an y desired; position upon thex-diah .Wheeh. Theaipper edgeof the projection 33 indicating yarda'ge upon the calibrated face of thefdial disln Thereafter, the shaft 17 is rotated meansot theqmanual means until the beveled face. 48 out. the cam 17- slides beneath theplate L of, the catch. mechanism and moyesf the same outwardly, at which time, the arm 27 will move downwardlyum trol leyerptherefore, lowers the. cont-rolrod; 42 and. allows the -winding ;machine to be.

derjthesinfluence of spring, 28 into the 1 posi t1on,.shown in, Flgs, 1 andy2. Thereafter,

t'hejw orm wheel lOrand" the worm 1-5 are moved. downwardly into'engagement, respec= tively, l with the W013i} 13; andwwormwheel 18, thespringapressed plunger 24hsnapp1ng overthe upper face of the plate 2lv and: re:- taining the mechanism 1 in this. operative po-.

sition It i is top-be noted that the 7 control.

lever; 4L1 has} now moyedwfrom. the position;

indicated in b Fig. 5; tothat indicatcd in Fig; 1. thereby shifting its center line fronrthe dottedd'ine position 58 to, the l dottedline position 59as represented inliig. 5; Thisconstarted; The-passingyarn rotates the drivingiwheel 8 ;andytransmits motionqtoa the: counter 111Q0l1t1111$111- and to the dial; wheel; When, the predeternnned; number of yards P s etaa ai -keepin 4 t kers i 6. a h: che

anisnr to. more. intov the position. shown: in;

Fig.15, thereby simultaneously stloppingsthegf win-cling machine and. disconnecting the. driv-- the; counter mechanism. and; with. the dial wheel.

In this invention, it isacontemplated: pro-.-

uidi-n'gtanytype. of alarm that may bemdee sired.-so as, to apprise the operator of the fact that the mach-inehas. ceased. counting. and-the. winding-.nmchinez has beenv stopped.

This, alarm may conveniently comprise an. A arinGO secured to the memberl and prov1d..-

ed with an adjustable contact screw 61; pro VlClQChWlth a lock nut-62. A statlonary contact 63;may bemountedupon an insulating. base 64; securedyto the support 2 or to any stationary portion such. asjthe= frame. 1 of Agbattery 65' is connected to. thearm 6Qby means. of aqleact 66 and to an. alarm 67 by meanscf a lead;68." The other the. machine.

.ing. wheel 8.-fro1n-,operative connection with. v

terminal oil: the alarm 67- isconnected: withv .2 the insulated contact 631b-y means Ora lead u 69. The alarm 67 may be a light, a hell, or other type otsignal; J Y Y 1 It will thus be seen;thatameasuringap; paratus has been provided which is; admire ably adapted to cooperatewith winding mar chines to both register the amount. of yarn; handled-by such machine and-to stop the op.

eration of the machine...when. a predeter-r mined amount has been woundii Itwill also be seen. that; provision .is .made for. the auto-5,-

matic resetting of the worm wheel 10. and.

forthe ready. manual resettinglof'the. dial wheel with the indirect resetting of the latch.

mechanism.

Throughout the specificatmn; the term: yarn; is used not: in ltS; limited sense .to.-define' simply a textile. strand'i but -.is used to define any fiexiblecord lilre menu-- her-such aslordinar y yarn, rope, wire, cord; 'or other; flexible: material of" indeterminate length.

1. In a device. of: the. character described,

and. claims.

ire

thecombination with. a. worm wheel and:'

worm automatically separable therefrom; of

latch mechanism for normally maintaining said: worm and: worm wheel; mi engagement and including a trip lever,'ra lever. engaging member freely movable about said: worm.

wheel'and normally disengagedtherefrom, and mea-ns'fo'r. connecting said: members to.

said worm wheel at a plurality-rot positions thereabout.

in operative positionland: pivoted about an axis, coaxial with: the anis of said wormwhejel, a triplevenpivoted ion anaxis CO-ELXlitlwith said worm wheel and having a portion engageable with said latch lever, said trip lever being normally freely rotatable independently of said worm wheel, and means for engaging said trip lever with said worm wheel.

3. A device for measuring the length of yarn and com irising a drivin wheel over which yarn passes, counting mechanism having motion transi'nitting connection with said driving wheel and disconnectable therefrom, a dial wheel having motion transmitting connection with said wheel and disconnectable therefrom, a catch operable to maintain said counting mechanism and dial wheel connected with said motion transnlitting connections, a trip lever carried by said dial wheel and engageable with said catch mechanism for the release of the counting mechanism and dial wheel from connection with said motion transmittingconnections, and a cam independent of said trip lever and carried by said dial wheel for re-setting said catch to maintain said counting mechanism and dial wheel in connection with said motion transmitting connections.

4. A device for measuring the length ot yarn and comprising a driving wheel over which yarn passes, counting mechanism having motion transmittitng connection with said driving wheel and discounectable therefrom, a dial wheel having motion transmitting connection with said wheel and disconnectable therefrom, a catch operable to maintain said counting mechanism and dial wheel connected with said motion transmitting connections, a trip lever carried by said dial wheel and engageable with said catch mechanism for the release of the counting mechanism and dial wheel from connection with said motion transmitting connections, a cam independent of said trip lever and carried by said dial wheel for re setting said catch to maintain said counting mechanism and dial wheel in connec tion with said motion transmitting connections, and manual means for re-setting said dial wheel.

In a device of the character described. the combination with a worm wheel and worm automatically separable therefrom, of latch mechanism for normally maintaining said worm and worm wheel in engagement, a toothed dial wheel secured to said worm wheel, a latch lever for normally maintaining said latch mechanism in operative position, a trip lever normally freely rotatable about an axis coaXial with the dial wheel and having a portion engageable with said latch lever, and a tooth dog" carried by said trip lever and engageable with the teeth of said dial wheel.

6. In a device of the character described. the combination with a worm wheel and worm automatically separable therefrom, of latch mechanism for normally maintaining said worm in engagement with said worm wheel, a latch lever for normally maintaining said latch mechanism in operative position and rotatable about an axis co-aiaial with said worm wheel, a dial wheel secured to said worm wheel and having a plurality oi? teeth; a trip lever engageable with said latch lever and freely rotatable about an axis co-axial. with said dial wheel, a dog pivotally carried by said trip lever and engageable with the teeth on said dial wheel, and means for alternatively maintaining said dog in its operative or inoperative position.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination with a worm wheel and worm automatically separable therefrom, ot latch mechanism for normally maintaining said worm in engagement with the worm wheel, a latch lever for maintaining said latch mechanism in operative position, a dial wheel secured to said worm wheel and having a plurality of teeth, a trip lQT'sl' freely rotatable about an axis c0- axial with the dial wheel, a dog movably carried by said trip lever and having two alternative positions of engagen'ient and disengagement with said dial wheel, and a spring pressed plunger carried by said trip lever and engageable with said dog in each of its positions whereby to maintain said dog operative or inoperative.

8. A device for measuring yarn and adapted to be attached to a winding mach ne having a stopping lever, a driving wheel over which said yarn passes, trip mechanism operatively connected with said driving wheel, latch mechanism controlled by said trip mechanism and adapted to release said driving wheel from operative connection with said trip mechanism, means for operatively connecting said latch mechanism with said stopping lever, whereby when said latch mechanism releases said wheel from operative connection with said trip mechanism said stopping lever may be operated to stop said winding machine, manual means for re-setting said trip mechanism. and co-operative means formed on said latch mechanism for stopping said trip in its initial position when it is man ually re-set.

9. In a device of the character described, having a driving wheel and counter mechanism normally driven thereby and automatically disccnncctable therefrom, the combination with latch mechanism for normally maintaining said counter mechanism in connection with said driving wheel, of a trip lever for releasing said latch mechanism, a biased wheel connected with said counter mechanism, and ratchet mechanism associated with said biased wheel for stopping said biased wheel in a predetermined position when said counter mechanism and driving wheel are disconnected.

10. A device for measuring the length of am com risin a drivin wheel over which said yarn passes, counter mechanism releas ably connected with said driving wheel, a dial wheel normally operatively connected with said driving wheel, a trip associatedyarn comprising a driving wheel over which said yarn passes, counter mechanism releasably connected with said driving wheel, a dial wheel normally operatively connected with said driving wheel, a movable trip associated with said dial wheel, manually operable means carried by said-trip for locking it to said dial wheel in any desired position of adjustment, a cam, permanently mounted upon said dial wheel in a fixed relative position thereto and independently of said trip, and latch mechanism actuated by said movably mounted trip to sever the operative connection between said driving wheel and said counter mechanism and dial wheel and adapted to be reset by said cam.

12. A device for measuring the length of yarn, said device comprising a driving wheel over which said yarn passes, counting mechanism normally connected with the driving Wheel to be driven thereby to register the length of yarn passing over said driving wheel and adapted for automatic -disconnection therefrom when a predetermined length of yarn has passed said driving wheel, latch mechanism for normally holding said counting mechanism in connection with said driving wheel and trip mechanism for releasing said latch mechanism, said trip mechanism being normally disconnected from said driving wheel and adapted for connection therewith to be actuated thereby.

13. In a device for measuring yarn in cluding a driving wheel over which the yarn passes and counter mechanism provided with driving means for alternative connection and disconnection with the driving wheel, the combination with a rotatable dial wheel provided with driving means for alternative connection and disconnection with the driving wheel, of latch mechanism for normally maintaining said driving means operative to actuate the counter mechanism and dial wheel, a trip arm for normally maintaining said latch mechanism operative, and a lever operableiby said dial wheel adapted to con-t tact with'said trip arm, said trip arm having stop mechanism for normally maintaining, said arm in latch engagement position. 14. In a device of the character described, the combination with a dial wheel and driving means automatically disconnectable therefrom, of latch mechanism for normally maintaining said driving means connected with said dial wheel and including a latch lever for maintaining said latch mechanism in operative position, trip mechanism rotatable with said dial wheel and disconnectable therefrom, and means for maintaining said trip mechanism operative or inoperative.

15. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a manually operable dial wheel and driving means automatically disconnectable therefrom, of latch mecha-' iiism for normally maintainingsaid driving means connected with the dial wheel and including a latch lever for maintaining said latch mechanism in operative position, a trip lever freely movable about said dial wheel and engagcable with said latch lever, means for disengageably connecting said trip lever with said dial wheel, and a cam permanently connected with said dial wheel and engageable with said latch mechanism for resetting said. latch lever, saidcam being provided with stop means adapted to stop the manual rotation of the. dial wheelwhen said latch mechanism is inoperative position.

GHARLEY F. HUSSEY. 

